On the other side of town, Katrina paced back and forth, waiting on the morning paper to be delivered. She tried her best to find out what Edgar was planning for her and stop it, but no one involved in the papers would speak to her no matter how much money she offered them. She could only wait to see what it was now since Edgar had stayed true to his word and placed his guards around her ho to stop her from leaving town.
Katrina had Jas send a complaint to the town guards to have Edgar's n moved, but he was inford they were not on her property for the guards to do anything about it. Katrina had no way of getting help or sneaking off. She didn't want to take the risk of sneaking off as Edgar would be waiting to drag her sowhere.
Katrina believed she was safe in the comfort of her ho for now. Edgar could not step on her land to take her anywhere. The guards would then have the power to stop him.
"Is it here?" She frantically asked Jas who ca inside with the paper in his hands. "Give it here," she marched over to him and snatched it from his hands. This was the mont of truth to see if Edgar had revealed who she was or if he was going to have his fun and drag this out to ss with her slowly.
Jas remained silent as he had read the paper when he was walking back to the front door. It arrived when he went to inspect the garden. Katrina kept rambling about Edgar putting sothing in the papers and during their heated nights, she had told him about her life before Desmond. He was aware that the woman in the paper was her and since this was Edgar's doing, the town would soon know.
Jas found Edgar to be cruel to spread this news through the town instead of just taking it to the court. Alessandra now lived a life of comfort so why was there a need to keep toying with Katrina. First her husband, her face, and now this. The last thing she was holding onto was her identity.
Jas knew she was the villain in Alessandra's story, but in Katrina's own story, she was the victim. Katrina was a young woman whose beauty captured the eyes of n who used her to their liking. She simply had enough and gave those n what they deserved.
The paper shook in Katrina's hands as her body trembled. Edgar had not flat-out said it was her but there were many hints pointing to her. Like her husband losing his title after his death, but all his wealth went to the scheming woman. There was ntion of a red-light district and the woman seducing her then husband.
What worried Katrina was the fact that the brother of one of the n she killed was in town, ready to identify any woman who resembled the one who took his brother's life. Katrina changed her na, but her appearance was very much the sa. He would easily identify her. In fact, he would identify her through Kate who was like a younger version of her.
Katrina tried to hold back her anger to think of a solution, but she could not. "Ah!" She let out a frustrated scream as she started to rip the paper. "That fucking bastard!" She spat, referring to Randall who exposed her. They were ant to be business partners. "I should have killed him the mont he showed up at my door," she pushed her hair back out of her face, creating a ssy appearance.
From the mont she woke up, Katrina had a distraught look which the servants were not used to.
Katrina placed her thumb in her mouth to start biting at the small nail. It was a habit she had not done since she was a child. "How am I to get out of this? The town will not be able to figure it out so easily, but Edgar will make sure they know it is eventually. I need to get rid of him," she looked at Jas.
Jas felt uncomfortable under her gaze. How was he supposed to help her out of this? He did not wish to get involved with her feud against Edgar. It was already hard to stomach that Mario's blood was on his hands. A man who trusted him as a butler was long dead after Katrina had no use for him.
Jas loved Katrina, but he was not as cruel as her when it ca to these battles and getting rid of soone. He was far from being the man she needed to get rid of Edgar.
"What should I do?" Katrina pleaded with Jas to give her a solution. At the mont, she could not think of a way to stop Edgar. She always had a way to dig herself out of any situation, but now, she found herself lost when she was in need of a grand idea. "Tell sothing!" She yelled at Jas. Why was he completely useless now?
Jas looked at the floor to avoid her gaze. He had no way of helping her and she knew it too. Katrina just wanted soone to take her anger out on. She should have made plans to leave from the mont Edgar inford her of his plans. Katrina sat around in fear instead of making plans to get out of town before the news would hit.
"Useless as always," Katrina said as Jas could not et her eyes. She should not have kept him around for this long. He was nothing but a good fuck who ran his course a long ti ago. "I suggest you think about a plan for because I will not go down alone. I will tell how you took advantage of -"
"You are not in the position to speak about being taken advantage of," Jas spoke up.
Katrina gritted her teeth, angered by the fact he was already using what was in the papers against her. Katrina slapped him across his left cheek to remind him of his place. "I don't care what position I am in now. Nothing will change the fact that your life is in my hands."
"It wasn't said to insult you. It is to let you know that I could walk out these doors right now and not be afraid of what you will tell anyone. Yet here I stand, like a fool awaiting your order," Jas answered.
Katrina relaxed, sowhat regretting that she had slapped him. Since Desmond's death, Jas was the one servant who was most loyal to her. "I cannot start over, Jas. I've spent too many years investing in the life I have built here with Kate. She has already suffered enough. How am I to make her run away from the one place she has known as ho?"
"You won't reach Edgar in ti to stop what he has planned for you. You must find a way to leave with Kate. You will be taken away and Kate will be left alone if you remain here," Jas said, giving her the reality of her situation. Katrina could only run before the guards would co knocking.
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